Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 Studio Edition Academic Lab Pack
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Cakewalk Sonar 8.5 Studio Edition Academic Lab Pack Product Details
Sonar 8 Studio offers the best creative tools, and the most power of any digital audio workstation in its price range. Built upon the same core feature set as Sonar 8 Producer, Sonar 8 Studio gives you the edge in your productions - from recording audio and MIDI, composing with virtual instruments, remixing with loops, mixing with professional effects, to delivery of a polished final track - with the recognized best audio quality in the industry.
Create & Record:
- Capture all of your ideas with unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
- Start producing quickly with track templates that instantly load your favorite sounds
- Make beats and synth lines with a dedicated Step Sequencer
- Get inspired with high quality virtual instruments, now easier to use with new Instrument Tracks
- Plug-in direct to access fresh and versatile tones with the included suite of 31 audio effects
- Build audio and MIDI tracks fast using Groove Clips and the redesigned Loop Explorer
- Record at virtually any bit depth/sample rate up to 24-bit/384 kHz
- Record an entire performance at once with support for multichannel audio interfaces
- New responsive Transport for on-the-fly recording
Edit:
- Manipulate the timing and feel of audio, just like MIDI, with Audio Snap
- Assemble the perfect take from Track Layers using powerful comping and editing tools
- Quickly edit MIDI with state of the art Smart MIDI Tools
- Streamline your workflow and project organization using Track Folders
- Edit multiple tracks at once with group editing
- Freeze audio and instrument tracks for optimal performance
Mix:
- Retain every nuance of your mix with the industry’s leading 64-bit audio engine
- Get hands on control of your mix, instruments, and effects with Active Controller Technology
- Mix with a versatile Console view that looks and acts just like hardware
- Get sophisticated mixes with flexible routing options, unlimited submixes and sends, and internal sidechaining
- Find and correct mix problems as they occur with Bus Waveform Preview
- Integrate DX & VST effects and external hardware with Automatic Delay Compensation
- Experience high track counts with low latency performance
- Get more out of your PC with industry-pioneering multi-core/multi-processor support
Collaborate & Deliver:
- Add audio recording and other features to Reason and other ReWire capable applications
- Collaborate with studios who use other DAWs including Pro Tools, Logic Studio, and others
- Save time with flexible export options and faster than realtime rendering
- Import/export AIF, Broadcast WAV, FLAC, SD2 (Sound Designer II), QuickTime, and many other audio & video file formats
- Upload music directly from Sonar to the web using Cakewalk Publisher to create online streaming flash players
- Rip & burn CDs right from within Sonar
Instruments:
- Dimension LE - a special version of this award-winning instrument that combines real & synthesized sounds
- Rapture LE - modern electronic sounds for today’s music
- Drop Zone - easy-to-use drag n’ drop sampler with REX support
- Pentagon I - access vintage analog sounds
- PSYN II - full-featured subtractive synthesizer
- RXP - easy-to-use REX player/groove box
- Roland Groove Synth and TTS-1 with genuine Roland Sounds
- Session Drummer 2 - create drum parts easily with a live feel, includes popular drum patterns to get started
- 11 total instruments included
Effects:
- Sonitus:fx Suite - Reverb, EQ, Delay, Compressor, WahWah, and more
- Boost 11 Peak Limiter for maximum punch from your final mix
- Channel Tools - essential stereo enhancement, utilizing sample delay, MS Decoding, and independent left/right panning
- Lexicon Pantheon SE Reverb based on legendary Lexicon hardware
- 31 audio FX and 7 MIDI FX included
Content:
- Garritan Pocket Orchestra for Dimension LE provides a complete set of orchestral instrumentation
- Preset patterns for the Step Sequencer offering useful beats to get your productions started
- New and updated ACT mappings for popular control surfaces and MIDI controllers
- New Project and Track Templates to get you set-up instantly
- Thousands of inspiring presets for the included instruments and effects
Minimum System Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows XP, Vista (32 bit), Mac OS X with Boot Camp
- Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 1.3 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 1500+ or higher
- RAM: 512 MB
- Graphics: 1024 x 768, 16-bit color
- Hard Disk Space: 100 MB program/application
- Hard Disc Type: Any
- MIDI Interface: Windows-compatible
- Audio Interface: Windows-compatible
- Media Drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW Drive
- Webserver Access: None
Recommended System Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows XP, Vista (32 bit), Mac OS X with Boot Camp
- Processor Speed: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2800+ or higher
- RAM: 1 GB or higher
- Graphics: 1280 x 960, 24-bit color or higher
- Hard Disk Space: 4 GB
- Hard Disc Type: EIDE, Ultra DMA (7200 RPM) or SATA
- MIDI Interface: Windows-compatible
- Audio Interface: Windows-compatible
- Media Drive: DVD-ROM, DVD+/-R, or DVD +/- RW Drive
- Webserver Access: Available web server space with FTP access privileges